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C. O. Pell Placer

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071483
MRDS ID W014902
MAS/MILS ID 0160490241
Record type Site
Current site name C. O. Pell Placer
Alternate or previous names Pell Placer Mine, Bluebird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.66849, 45.96177 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 4.25 MI NW OF NEWSOME 10.5 MI NNE OF GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pilot Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 030N 006E 02,11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Tributary Near Head Of Hays Fork Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAVELS AVG. $3.75/C

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Alluvium-Gravel
    Rock description Alluvium-Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.66849, 45.96177
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1893 - 1894 , 1930 - ?.

Mining district

District name Newsome District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. O. Pell

Comments on the production information

  • $500 - $1000/Year . Production Years: 1893 - 1894 , 1930 - ?.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938, USBM Inf. Circ 7023.

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1938, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7023, 93 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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